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, 104593,854. Patented Nov., .16;189'7.

UNITED STATES lPATENT OFFICE.

SANFORD C. PITNEY, OF QUINCY, AND FREDERICK C. HANSEN, OF FREE- PORT, ILLINOIS; SAID HANSEN ASSIGN'OR TO SAID PITNEY.

sHUTTER-woRkER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.4593,854, dated November 16, 1897. Application iiled October 7,1897. Serial No. 654,479. (No model.)

, To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, SANFORD C. PITNEY, residing at Quincy, Adams county, and FRED- Enron C. HANSEN, residing at Freeport, Stephenson county, State oflllinois, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new Y and useful Improvements in Shutter-.Workthe side of the house when the blind is open or to hold it in'close contactwith the opposite shutter when the blind is closed, in such a manner that the blind cannot be shaken or rattled by the wind.

To this end the invention consists in the peculiar features and combinations of parts adapted to be used in connection with the .shutter-worker shown and described in the copending application of Sanford C. Pitney, Abearing Serial No. 624,202, filed June 24, 1897,

all of which will be more fully described hereinafter andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a top view of our complete invention, in which the holding-lever is shown depressed and in locking adjustment; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the holder alone, as when out of action, dotted lines representing the position of the parts when theholding-lever is raised to vertical and horizontal positions; and Fig. 3, a detail view of the cam plate or member in which the locking-cams operate.

The numeral l represents a blind, and 2 and 3 beveled segments operating in connection with the hinge members 4 and 5. These hinge v members are actuated by a horizontal squared spindle extending through a window-case.- ment and having at its inside end a locking and operating handle 6. This handle is rotatable with the spindle and is hinged to swing up and down on the outer end of a sleeve 7, squared inside to fit over the squared end of the spindle, so as to revolve with it. This sleeve is also provided with a pair of horizontally-projecting lugs 8 8', having fiat interior walls, between which fits a flat-faced arm 9, made an integral part of the handle, so that the two constitute a lever. This arm 9 is held between the lugs by a screw 10, which forms the axis or fulcrum of the handle. Cast .integral with the arm 9 are what may for convenience be termed right and left cams or inclined planes l1 and l2, which are adapted to operate in cam-slots 13 and 14, formed in an escutcheon, plate, or member 15, fixed to the window-easement on the inside. This iiXed plate is provided with an integral collar on its back, and this collar bears against a collar 16 on the sleeve. The parts Should be so timed that when the blind has been thrown back as far as it can be by merely rotating the spindle the cams will come opposite the cam-slots and in position to enter them when the handle is turned up or down.

The operation of the foregoing mechanism on a right-hand shutter is as follows: Having grasped the handle and revolved the spindle `from right to left until the blind has closed Vloosely against the opposite blind, the handle 8o should be lowered, whereupo'h the lower cam l2 will rise, enter the left-hand cam-slot 14, and, sliding against its wall, will impart a rotary motion to the sleeve, and hence the spindle and the segments, thereby locking the blind tightly against its mate. When the shutter has been thrown back open against the side of the building, the lifting of the handle into vertical position will turn the spindle in the opposite direction and the blind will be firmly held against it. When thus held, the blind cannot vibrate and make a noise and there is no danger of the wind getting behind it and slamming it shut during a storm.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim isa l. In combination with a shutter-worker, a spindle or shaft adapted to be turned to operate the shutter, a hinged and rotatable handle provided with one or more cams, a relatively fixed plate or member having one or more cam-surfaces against which the cam op- IOO xedplate or memberprovided With slots to I5 receive the cams When-the handleis raised or lowered.

In Witness whereof We affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

SANFORD C. PITNEY. FREDERICK C. HANSEN.

Vitnesses for said Pitney:

EDGAR W. BISHOP, L. E. EMMoNs, J r.

Vtnesses for said Hansen:

BERTHOLD HERBIG, WILLIAM EvIIRs. 

